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Photos: Ice storm knocks out power in SW Minn.

An ice storm has caused wide-spread power outages in southwest Minnesota. Transmission lines feeding power to the city of Worthington are down and the city has declared a state of emergency, giving officials the authority to coordinate relief efforts with state and federal agencies.

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City workers and residents in Worthington, Minn. face a major clean-up after the overnight ice storm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The ice also caused power outages.MPR Photo/Mark Steil

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An ice storm brought down hundreds of tree limbs in Worthington in southwest Minnesota on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.MPR Photo/Mark Steil
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The ice storm coated tree limbs, power lines, streets and sidewalks with a half inch of ice or more in Worthington in southwest Minnesota on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.MPR Photo/Mark Steil
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Worthington resident Kathy Carlson picks up tree branches that came down as a result of eight-tenths of an inch of ice that ravaged southwest Minnesota the day before, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Worthington, Minn.AP Photo/The Daily Globe, Julie Buntjer
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An ice-covered tree rests atop a vehicle it fell on at the AmericInn Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Worthington, Minn. Thousands of people remained without power in the Worthington area of southwestern Minnesota on Wednesday, the day after an ice storm coated trees and power lines, while the next round of the storm threatened to dump several inches of wet snow across much of the southern half of Minnesota by Thursday.AP Photo/The Daily Globe, Julie Buntjer